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HOW WAS EARTH’S ORIGINAL CLIMATE LIKE?
OCT 15
Genesis 2:4-6
Memorise Peter 3:3-4 "there went up a mist…and watered the whole face of the ground."
Whilst Genesis 1 focuses on the sequence and chronology of the creation week, Genesis 2 zooms in and focuses on the events of the sixth day. In Genesis 2:4-6, the Bible gives us a brief summary of how the earth’s climate and environment was like in the days before the flood.
Here we are told that the plants that God had created on day three of creation were growing well, despite the fact that there was no one to tend the plants and till the ground. There was also no rainfall. Instead there was a mist that went forth and watered the whole face of the ground (Genesis 2:6). Through this we realize that the water cycle in those days was drastically different from that of the present day. Somehow, the difference in temperature between night and day then was optimal to effect a daily evaporation through the day, and then to have them condense as a dew and fog in the coolness of the nights and mornings. These waters would then be sufficient to water all the plants and sustain life throughout the planet.
Furthermore, we also know in Genesis 1:7 that there were also waters which were above the firmament of the sky, referring to this canopy of water vapour high up above. This canopy would cause certain climatic conditions that were unique to the pre-flood world, such as a uniform temperature due to the greenhouse effect; a lack of storms and large scale weather patterns as there would be no pressure and temperature differences to move air-mass; uniform humidity and constant cycle for evaporation and condensation, thus causing the whole world to be full of lush vegetation with not barren deserts or ice caps.
It was therefore in such a climate that the people that existed before the flood existed in. It was therefore then all the more unbelievable to them when God warned of the judgment of water that would rain down upon the earth to destroy all flesh (Genesis 6:17). That is no one except Noah and his family were saved, for the rest were mockers and scorners, refusing to believe that a thing such as ‘rain’ was possible! Yet God in His perfect wisdom knew all this would come to pass from the very beginning, just as He has also warned us of the future judgment of the tribulation and the complete destruction of the world by fire. Do we believe this prophecy?
Thought: Everything that God does has a specific design and purpose.
Prayer: Lord, may I be prepared for the second coming of Christ!
Posted in Teens RPG
Genesis 2:4-6
Memorise Peter 3:3-4 "there went up a mist…and watered the whole face of the ground."
Whilst Genesis 1 focuses on the sequence and chronology of the creation week, Genesis 2 zooms in and focuses on the events of the sixth day. In Genesis 2:4-6, the Bible gives us a brief summary of how the earth’s climate and environment was like in the days before the flood.
Here we are told that the plants that God had created on day three of creation were growing well, despite the fact that there was no one to tend the plants and till the ground. There was also no rainfall. Instead there was a mist that went forth and watered the whole face of the ground (Genesis 2:6). Through this we realize that the water cycle in those days was drastically different from that of the present day. Somehow, the difference in temperature between night and day then was optimal to effect a daily evaporation through the day, and then to have them condense as a dew and fog in the coolness of the nights and mornings. These waters would then be sufficient to water all the plants and sustain life throughout the planet.
Furthermore, we also know in Genesis 1:7 that there were also waters which were above the firmament of the sky, referring to this canopy of water vapour high up above. This canopy would cause certain climatic conditions that were unique to the pre-flood world, such as a uniform temperature due to the greenhouse effect; a lack of storms and large scale weather patterns as there would be no pressure and temperature differences to move air-mass; uniform humidity and constant cycle for evaporation and condensation, thus causing the whole world to be full of lush vegetation with not barren deserts or ice caps.
It was therefore in such a climate that the people that existed before the flood existed in. It was therefore then all the more unbelievable to them when God warned of the judgment of water that would rain down upon the earth to destroy all flesh (Genesis 6:17). That is no one except Noah and his family were saved, for the rest were mockers and scorners, refusing to believe that a thing such as ‘rain’ was possible! Yet God in His perfect wisdom knew all this would come to pass from the very beginning, just as He has also warned us of the future judgment of the tribulation and the complete destruction of the world by fire. Do we believe this prophecy?
Thought: Everything that God does has a specific design and purpose.
Prayer: Lord, may I be prepared for the second coming of Christ!
Posted in Teens RPG